Brentford vs Liverpool

25 September 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

  • Ethan Pinnock 27’
  • Vitaly Janelt 63’
  • Yoane Wissa 82’
  • Diogo Jota 31’
  • Mohamed Salah 54’
  • Curtis Jones 67’

Match summary

Brentford and Liverpool drew 3-3. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ethan Pinnock put Brentford ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Ivan Toney and Diogo Jota equalised with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Jordan Henderson. In the second half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool in front in the 54th minute, set up by Fabinho, Vitaly Janelt equalised with a header in the 63rd minute, Curtis Jones put Liverpool back in front in the 67th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Yoane Wissa equalised in the 82nd minute.

Brentford had the better of the chances, with 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Liverpool's 2.29 from 16.

Match stats

Brentford Liverpool
12 Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 11
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.94 xG 2.26
2.94 Non-penalty xG 2.26
4 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Brentford Liverpool
Kick-off
Ethan Pinnock
Assist: Ivan Toney1-0 (Brentford)
27’
31’
Diogo Jota
Assist: Jordan Henderson1-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time1-1
54’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Fabinho1-2 (Liverpool)
Vitaly Janelt2-2 (Brentford)
63’
67’
Curtis Jones
Assist: Andrew Robertson2-3 (Liverpool)
Yoane Wissa3-3 (Brentford)
82’
Full-time3-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brentford
  • Frank Onyeka
Liverpool
  • Andrew Robertson

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.01 2.29 27’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), 1-0 27’ 31’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 1-1 31’ 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-2 54’ 63’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), 2-2 63’ 67’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 2-3 67’ 82’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 3-3 82’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.01 2.29 27’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), 1-0 Pinnock 27’ 31’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 1-1 Jota 31’ 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-2 Salah 54’ 63’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), 2-2 Janelt 63’ 67’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 2-3 Jones 67’ 82’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 3-3 Wissa 82’
Brentford 3.01 xGLiverpool 2.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Brentford attacking 
27’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.72 xG, goal 11’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.52 xG, blocked 63’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 39’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 82’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 63’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.40 xG, hit the woodwork 7’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 31’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 9’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 82’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 46’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 11’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 62’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 34’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 48’ Rico Henry (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 27’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.72 xG, goal 11’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.52 xG, blocked 63’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 39’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 82’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 63’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.40 xG, hit the woodwork 7’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 31’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 82’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 9’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 46’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 11’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 62’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 40’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 62’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 39’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Rico Henry (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 34’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Kristoffer Ajer DEF900 0.000.000
Pontus Jansson DEF901 0.400.000
Ethan Pinnock DEF4211 0.720.000
Sergi Canos MID900 0.000.000
Rico Henry MID901 0.010.000
Vitaly Janelt MID9011 0.500.072
Christian Nørgaard MID810 0.000.401
Frank Onyeka MID712 0.120.000
Bryan Mbeumo FWD901 0.520.091
Ivan Toney FWD9013 0.181.242
Zanka Sub480 0.000.000
Shandon Baptiste Sub190 0.000.000
Yoane Wissa Sub912 0.540.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 13% Avg odds 7.58
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.86
Liverpool win 67% Avg odds 1.42

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Brentford, 16 Jan 22  All Brentford vs Liverpool meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.